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We Embark on the Journey of Life Spurred by a Promise of Happiness in Our Heart www.newyorkencounter.org1 We embark on the journey of life spurred by a promise of happiness in our heart. But then, fear of the unknown makes us hesitant, especially if the destination is not certain. Desire choked by fear appears to be the common experience of our time. We strive to build relationships and overcome divisions, and yet we end up stifling true dialogue, due to preconceptions or conformity to the demands of political correctness. We dream of achieving greatness in some dimension of our lives, and yet we settle for a comfortable life. We ache for something new (and constantly check our smart phones in expectation), and yet we abhor events that are out of our control. We crave stability, but we are unsure that what is true today will still be true tomorrow. We strive to be more “mindful” in the present, and yet our mind is always fleeing from the here and now. We desire belonging, and yet we dread relinquishing our freedom. We long to encounter a lover, a friend, a father who will break through our radical solitude, and yet we are afraid of losing ourselves. We long to sail on the sea of life and yet we are afraid of leaving our safe harbor. What is the final word on man’s desire? Is there an attraction capable of overcoming our fears and drawing us out to the open waters that our hearts yearn for? We invite you to a weekend of public discussion, exhibits, and live performances to encounter people who are not afraid to follow the desire of their hearts. The ‘I’ finds itself again when it encounters a presence that brings this announcement: ‘What your heart is made for does exist!’ (L. Giussani) 2 3 Friday, Saturday, Sunday January 15-17, 2016 METROPOLITAN PAVILION 125 West 18th Street New York, NY 10011 3 DAYS Conferences GROUND FLOOR Presentations Auditorium Discussions Displays Information booths Exhibits Media booth Displays Kids Corner Bookstore Concerts Checkroom Performances Café 2ND FLOOR Original Productions /Our Sunday Visitor Exhibit Hall Meeting Point Exhibits Food Court 4TH FLOOR /Conference Room The Human Adventure Series Bookstore Exhibit presentations Kids Corner Meet the Speaker 350 Volunteers 5TH FLOOR 40,000 sq. ft. Venue Food Court www.newyorkencounter.org4 INDEX New York Encounter 2016 Theme 2 Letter of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States 3 General Information 4 Schedule at a Glance Auditorium events 6 The Human Adventure Series 9 Exhibit presentations and guided tours 10 Meet the Speaker 11 Kids Corner 12 Program Description Auditorium Events 13 Exhibits 22 Speakers 28 Music Performers 46 Composers 51 Sponsors 54 EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO 5 At a Glance GROUND FLOOR Auditorium | Displays | Information Booths | Media Booth Kids Corner | Bookstore | Checkroom | Café Our Sunday Visitor Exhibit Hall - 2ND FLOOR Exhibits Conference Room - 4TH FLOOR The Human Adventure Series | Exhibit presentations | Meet the Speaker 5TH FLOOR Food Court AUDITORIUM /ground floor FRIDAY, JANUARY 15 6:30 pm Spurred by the Promise of Happiness The Encounter opens with poetry read by actress Valerie SMALDONE, music performed by pianist Christopher VATH, and a conversation with Christian WIMAN, Poet and Senior Lecturer, Yale Divinity School, and Gregory WOLFE, Editor of Image 9:00 pm “A Boat Longing for the Sea and yet Afraid” (E. L. Masters) A dialogue between Fear and Desire through timeless American poetry and songs with the Shaw Street Collective 6 SATURDAY, JANUARY 16 10:00 am The Quest to Reduce Extreme Poverty Current trends in international development Speakers: Jackie ALDRETTE | Managing Director, AVSI-USA Chris BLATTMAN | Professor of Political Science, Columbia University Joakim KOECH | Principal, Cardinal Otunga High School, Nairobi, Kenya Paolo CAROZZA (moderator) | Director of the Kellogg Institute at Notre Dame University 11:30 am Doing Business in Uncharted Waters A dialogue on leading companies unafraid to explore new business horizons Speakers: Nancy ALBIN | Co-founder of Los Angeles Habilitation House Andreas WIDMER | Director of the Entrepreneurship Programs, Catholic University of America 2:00 pm Crossing to the Other Shore Stories of desire, sorrow, and forgiveness at the beginning of the Year of Mercy Speakers: Priscilla LA PORTE | sister of Cadet Matthew La Porte, recipient of the Airman Medal for his heroic actions during the April 16, 2007 Virginia Tech shooting Joshua STANCIL | former Inmate Fr. Peter John CAMERON, OP (moderator) | Editor-in-chief of Magnificat 4:00 pm Beyond the Pillars of Hercules The adventure of space exploration Speakers: Tom JONES | former Astronaut Lindsay BLAKELY (moderator) | Los Angeles Bureau Chief of Inc. magazine 6:00 pm “Setting Out on the Long Path of Renewal” (Pope Francis) Reflections on Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si’ (On Care for Our Common Home) Speakers: Seán Cardinal O’MALLEY | Archbishop of Boston Jeffrey SACHS | Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University Rebecca VITZ CHERICO (moderator) | Instructor in Spanish Studies, Villanova University 9:00 pm Psalms An evening of original musical reflections by 7 composers on the ancient and timeless verse of the Poet-King David, performed by Contemporaneous, directed by David BLOOM; and Ghostlight, directed by Evelyn TROESTER DEGRAF Tickets: $10/Open seating 7 SUNDAY, JANUARY 17 9:00 am Holy Mass Celebrated by Sean Cardinal O’MALLEY, Archbishop of Boston, with the Choir of Communion and Liberation, directed by Christopher VATH 11:00 am Longing for Freedom and Yet (Not) Afraid A talk by Fr. Julián CARRÓN, President of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation 2:00 pm Longing for the Sea... and Leaving the Harbor Eyewitness accounts of stories of immigration and welcoming Speakers: Msgr. Ronald MARINO | Vicar for Migrant and Ethnic Apostolates Diocese of Brooklyn Giulio PISCITELLI | Photographer Stephen SANCHEZ (moderator) | Principal, Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, New York 4:00 pm “Your Love is Better than Life” (Psalm 62) A testimony on the life of Christians facing terror and death in the Middle East Speakers: Archbishop Amel NONA | exiled Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul, Iraq A refugee family in Erbil, Kurdistan (video) Fr. 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